Sweet Potato & Black Bean Hash with Eggs

We wanted to switch it up for you guys this week and give you a great breakfast option for a meal.  I know we've focused more on dinner type meals but everybody loves breakfast, right?  This would be a great dish/meal to throw together Saturday morning for the whole family.  Feel free to scale the spice level to the people for which you are cooking.  You could also double this recipe and have leftovers for the entire week.  This recipe will give you about 3-4 servings of the hash.  

We really love our breakfast hashes because they are super easy to prepare and usually just involve throwing together whatever ingredients are available.  Some easy swaps even with this recipe would be to use regular potatoes.  You could also throw in some leftover taco meat from last night.  We love adding greens to our hash, so some spinach, kale, or chard would be a great add on to this dish.  If you want to go vegetarian you could easily leave the bacon out of this dish and you still get a serving protein and veggies.  So many options!  

If you are new to hashes, start with this recipe and feel free to venture out and get creative with ingredients you like.  The key is adding veggies to your breakfast.  It is easy to add fruits and breads to breakfast and start your day on the sweet side and also high in carbohydrates and low in protein.  This is one of the keys that we promote with our coaching clients to burn fat and manage hunger throughout the day.  

Ingredients

• 5 pieces of thick cut bacon, chopped
• 1 medium sweet potato, cubed
• ½ large large onion, diced
• Pinch of red chili flakes
• 15 oz can of black beans, liquid drained
• 1 tbsp taco seasoning
• ¼ cup water
• 2 eggs
• ½ tbsp. butter or coconut oil
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Cilantro, rough chopped for garnish

Directions

1. Add the chopped bacon to a skillet over medium heat.  Cook until fat is rendered out and bacon is crispy.
2. Remove the bacon from the pan and leave half the bacon grease behind.  
3. Add potatoes, onion, and chili flake and cook for 8 minutes or until onion is soft.  
4. Add the black beans, taco seasoning, water to the pan and cover.  All the potatoes to steam for roughly 5 minutes.  Depending on how big the pieces of sweet potato it may take more or less time to cook through. 
5. While your potatoes are cooking heat a small skillet, add your oil or butter and cook a couple of over easy eggs… or however you like your eggs. 
6. Garnish with some cilantro, maybe some guacamole, hot sauce and ENJOY!!!

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